Welcome to the big leagues: how the US market is supercharging Irish businesses | Business Post

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For Irish companies, doing business in the world’s most advanced economy will inevitably bring new opportunities. LorcanAllen meets some of the businesses who’ve gone stateside.

Steve Cutler, chief executive of clinical trials firm Icon, which is one of the largest companies with operations in the US. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Last year, Steve Cutler oversaw a deal which doubled the size of Icon, the Dublin-headquartered clinical trials company. Cutler, who joined the company over a decade ago and has been its chief executive since early 2017, presided over its $12 billion purchase of PRA Health Sciences. The deal will transform Icon, which is headquartered in Leopardstown in Dublin, from a business with $5 billion in turnover and less than $1 billion in profits into the world’s largest...

 

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